Driving mechanism for automobiles.



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APPLIUATIH FILED DEO. 29, v1909.

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DRIVING MBGHANISM FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION H LBD mio. 29, 1909.

1,059,109. Patented Apr.15,1913.

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LEVI W.- BOGART, F TRAIL, OILH'MA.

DRIVING MECHANISM FR AUTIVIOBILES.

Application Med December 29"1909, l Serial No. 535,393. y y

To all whom t may concern Y' Be it known that I, LEVI lV. BOGART, a

citizen of the' United States, residing at .o

Trail, in the county of Dewey and'St-ate of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

Thissinvention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in Idriving mechanism for automobilea y In carrying out my invention, it is my purpose to provide ani improved driving mechanism for automobiles whereby power may be transmitted to both the front and rear axles without interfering with the' swinging motion of the liront axle such as is necessary for the successfuloperation of tI steering mechanism.

A further object of my invention isv to provide a mechanism which will 'enable the machine to readily ascend hills or grades, and which will distribute the strain of the machine equally over the latter.

lVith the above-recited objects and others of a similar nature in view, the inventiony consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of part-s, set forth in and 'fall-v ing within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawingz-Figure 1 is a ."view,y

partly in plan and'partly in section' vof a machine embodying my invention. ,3F 2 is a vertical sectional view takenon the line Q-*Q of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l. lgffhig. et

is a cross sectional view taken through the -tront of the running gear on the line /1--4 of Fig. 1. v

Referring now to the accompanying drawingsl in detail, the `numeral 1 indicates a rectangular frame which is located beneath the body of the machine, said frame ccmprising a pair of longitudinal side bars 9.-2 connected at their ends by the transverse bars 3. Extending transversely of the frame y is the transmission shaft 1, receiving power from any' suitable engine, while 5A indicatesy the rear axle journaled in the side .bars 2 of the frame, the axle being in driving engagement with the transmission shaft 4e through the medium of the' endless chains Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 6 which are driven bysprocltets.:l '7.1i (inthe shslrft 4 and-run over sprockets 8 on the rear ax e.

The front truck frame is indicated at 9 and is pivotally mounted so as to have a swinging movement inthe bracket 10 carriedalt the adjacent end of the trame 2. v

They numeral 11 indicates the front axle, which. is journaled in the truck frame 9 and passes through elongated apertures 12' located in thegforward ends of the side bars 2. To the forward. axle 11, between the side i members 2 'of theframe is keyed a sprocket wheel 13 which is connected in driving engagement with the sprocket wheel 14 on the transverse shaft l by means of an 'endless' chain ll, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

The front axle is provided with. a centrally enlarged portion from which projects a series of velongated radially extending approximately lil-shaped keys 15 adapted to lie within 'the radial grooves 16 formed in the sprocket wheel 13. In order to permit these keys 15 to move out of a'position perpendicular to the plane of the sprocket 13, when the axle is swinging, the grooves 16 are provided with lateral otl'sets 16, as shown in Fig. 3. The inner portion of the hub of the sprocket wheel 13 isy beveled as at 13 in such a manner as to permit the front axle to swing either to the right or left while the sprocket 13 is prevented from turning by the side bars 2. v

A brake 17 is connected to the rear axle 5 and is adapted to be operated by a lever 17 on. one of the side'bars Z'while any suit able steering means maybe employed for the machine. In the present instance I employ a steering mechanism comprising a vertical shaft 18 journaled in the frame 1 and Carrying at its lower end a drum 19 over which passes a cable 20, the opposite ends of the latter being connect-ed as at 21 to the sides of the truck frame 9.

I claim The combination with a steering axle, ot'

i a sprocket wheel formed with a central aperture through which said axle is passed and provided with grooves disposed about said aperturehthe faces of the wheel being laterally oilsettcontiguous the grooves therein, a

series of radially extending U-shaped keys In testimony whereof I alx my signature 'carried by the axle and designed to lie in in presence of two Witnesses -the grooves formed in the sprocket Wheel whereby the front axle may swing relatively LEVI W' BOGART lto the sprocket wheel Within a predeter- VVitnesseszmined limit, and means for driving said J. R. JAMES,

sprocket Wheel. o H. JAMES. 

